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Almost 50 U.S. Troops Dead in Iraq Since April 1

The high number of fatalities marks this as one of the bloodiest periods for the military since the invasion.

Posted on Apr 19, 2006 READ MORE  | 20 READS


First Daughters
From the Washington Post

Bush Housecleaning Begins at Home

In a moment of satire, the Washington Post surfaces a letter that Bush wrote to his daughters explaining why he’s decided to replace them with Chelsea Clinton.

Posted on Apr 19, 2006 READ MORE  | 19 READS


New dinosaur
From the N.Y. Times

Dinosaur Species Larger Than T-Rex Unearthed

The carnivore, named Mapusaurus, lived 100 million years ago in Argentina and was apparently a pack hunter, not a solitary predator.

Posted on Apr 19, 2006 READ MORE  | 387 READS


Rolling Stone
From the Drudge Report

Rolling Stone: Worst President in History?

The magazine is said to be on the verge of running a story in which a leading American historian concludes that the Bush presidency “appears headed for colossal historical disgrace.”

Posted on Apr 19, 2006 READ MORE  | 68 READS


Gore at a DNC fundraiser
AP / John Marshall Mantel

Gore Revs Up Global Warming Campaign

The former vice president is going high profile with his climate-change film “An Inconvenient Truth.” Speculation is rife that he is using the issue as a stalking horse for the White House in 2008.
Check out an early review of the movie.

Posted on Apr 19, 2006 READ MORE  | 24 READS


Bush Gives a Thumbs Up
From CNN.com

Stop the Presses! Bush Reads a Newspaper!

The famously anti-intellectual president tells reporters: ” ... I read the front page and I know the speculation. But I’m the decider and I decide what’s best. And what’s best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense.” (Via Huff Po.)
“I’m the decider, and I decide what’s best”... someone call Jacob Weisberg to update his “Bushisms” book.

Posted on Apr 18, 2006 READ MORE  | 33 READS


The Nation: Red & Blue Are Worthless Categories

Despite recent polling showing red states turning blue, true color-blending will require “electoral reform that changes the way votes are counted, districts are proportioned and views are represented,” argues the editor of The Nation.

Posted on Apr 18, 2006 READ MORE  | 37 READS


Bush Rattles Nuclear Saber on Iran

Bush tells reporters “all options are on the table” when asked if he is planning a nuclear strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. Meanwhile, Iran’s president vowed that his nation would “cut off the hand of any aggressor.”

Posted on Apr 18, 2006 READ MORE  | 37 READS


‘Meth Prisons’ Springing Up Across Midwest

Inmates addicted to methamphetamine are now being treated in prisons populated solely by fellow meth addicts. The recidivism rates look promising.

Posted on Apr 17, 2006 READ MORE  | 69 READS


Facing Terrible PR, McDonald’s Will Tout “Healthier” Side

In anticipation of a movie version of “Fast Food Nation,” along with a similarly-themed upcoming book co-written by the same author, the fast food giant will promote its salads and fruit options.

Posted on Apr 17, 2006 READ MORE  | 69 READS


Page Six
From the N.Y. Times

The Hard Edge of the “Page Six” Gossip Machine

The N.Y. Times (which is reportedly closing its own gossip page) quizzes a veritable who’s-who of New York’s ‘buzz industry’ leaders on the power of the N.Y. Post’s gossip page (which came under fire for the alleged extortion activities of one of its star writers.)

Posted on Apr 17, 2006 READ MORE  | 48 READS


Future Sex: Gizmos, Robots, Teledildonics

America’s top sex researchers envision a mainstream adoption of technologies like “teledildonics,” which allows remote mutual manipulation of devices like vibrators.

Posted on Apr 17, 2006 READ MORE  | 210 READS


Bush’s New Chief of Staff Signals Shake-Up

Josh Bolten has told senior staffers thinking about leaving the White House that “now is the time to come to such a decision,” according to Bush spokesman Scott McClellan.

Posted on Apr 17, 2006 READ MORE  | 15 READS


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Truthdig Favorite Luckovich Wins Pulitzer

Check out Truthdig’s collection of cartoons by Mike Luckovich, who just won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.

Posted on Apr 17, 2006 READ MORE  | 56 READS


Katrina and Terror Coverage Win Pulitzers

Two Gulf Coast newspapers took home the big award for their hurricane reportage; Risen and Lichtblau of the N.Y. Times won for their stories on Bush’s eavesdropping; and Dana Priest of the Washington Post earned a Pulitzer for reporting on secret CIA prisons. Full list of winners.

Posted on Apr 17, 2006 READ MORE  | 36 READS


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